Estuarine Cohesive Sediment Dynamics

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VI

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2. Introduction

   • Ashish J. Mehta

   Pages 1-4

3. Effects of Fine Sediment Resuspension in Estuaries

   • Maynard M. Nichols

   Pages 5-42

4. Interaction of Surface Waves and Cohesive Sediments: Field Observations and Geologic Significance

   • John T. Wells, G. Paul Kemp

   Pages 43-65

5. The Significance of Aggregate Properties to Transport Processes

   • Ray B. Krone

   Pages 66-84

6. Particle Aggregate Breakup by Fluid Shear

   • James R. Hunt

   Pages 85-109

7. Rheology of Cohesive Suspensions

   • David J. A. Williams

   Pages 110-125

8. Field Settling Velocities of Estuary Muds

   • T. Neville Burt

   Pages 126-150

9. Settling Behavior of Cohesive Sediment

   • Kate Kranck

   Pages 151-169

10. Vertical Transport in Fine-Grained Suspension and Newly-Deposited Sediment

    • Allen M. Teeter

    Pages 170-191

11. The Transition from Sediment Suspension to Settling Bed

    • Gilliane C. Sills, Don McG. Elder

    Pages 192-205

12. An Electrical Method to Measure In-Situ Sediment Densities

    • Ranjan Ariathurai, Kandiah Arulanandan

    Pages 206-218

13. A Fundamental Framework for Cohesive Sediment Dynamics

    • Emmanuel Partheniades

    Pages 219-250

14. Influence of Biota on Erodibility of Sediments

    • Clay L. Montague

    Pages 251-269

15. On the Observation of Cohesive Sediment Behavior for Engineering Purposes

    • W. Reginald Parker

    Pages 270-289

16. Characterization of Cohesive Sediment Properties and Transport Processes in Estuaries

    • Ashish J. Mehta

    Pages 290-325

17. Estuarial Sediment Bed Model

    • Earl J. Hayter

    Pages 326-359

18. Modeling Bottom Boundary Layer and Cohesive Sediment Dynamics in Estuarine and Coastal Waters

    • Y. Peter Sheng

    Pages 360-400

19. Interaction Between Surface Waves and Muddy Bottom Sediments

    • Joseph N. Suhayda

    Pages 401-428

20. A Review of Mixture and Non-Local Continuum Mechanics with Example Applications to Cohesive Sediments

    • A. D. Kirwan Jr.

    Pages 429-455

The background for the Workshop on Cohesive Sediment Dynamics - . !!!!!. Special Reference to Physical Processes in Estuaries is briefly outlined in Chapter I. Here I wish to acknowledge those whose support I consider to be pivotal to this under­ taking. My deepest appreciation goes to Cynthia Vey, whose organizational skills and dedicated effort made the completion of this volume possible. Thanks are also due to Gail Terry for workshop organization, Jean Branson for word processing and Lillean Pieter for helping with drawings. Finally, I must express my sincere appreciation to Arthur Ezra 9f the National Science Foundation for providing support (through Grant No. CEE-8401185) for the workshop, and to Hsiang Wang for depart­ mental encouragement. With deepest regret, I must note the untimely death of Ranjan Ariathurai, 39, on June 5, 1985, before this volume could be published. He was a guiding force to many within the small group of researchers in cohesive sediment dynamics, and his professional brilliance and inspirational personal qualities constituted the true spirit . behind the workshop. I trust this volume will serve, albeit in a small way, as a fitting memory to this spirit, and to the remarkable professional contributions Ranjan made during his short career. Professor Ray B. Krone Professor Emmanuel Partheniades Department of Civil Engineering Department of Engineering Sciences University of California University of Florida Davis, California Gainesville, Florida TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. INTRODUCTION Ashish J. Mehta •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 II.

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